Source: Martin Banks, The Parliament Magazine

EU policymakers and NGOs have given a mixed reaction to the dramatic collapse of last week's summit of EU leaders and heads of state.

Source: Guy Norton, Business New Europe (BNE)

Croatia is one of the world's most energy-import dependent countries, yet there's an increasingly mixed outlook for the ambitious investment plans of Croatian power monopoly Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) following the recent turn of events at both home and abroad.

Source: Nicholas Tomasi, Nature Independent

The genetically modified food industry’s biggest player, Monsanto, is reportedly set to receive $40 million in U.S. dollars worth of financial support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development according to the website bankwatch.org.

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Source: Barbara Lewis and Charlie Dunmore, Reuters

EU leaders go into a budget battle on Thursday under pressure to avoid some glaring mistakes of the past: half-empty motorways, airports that barely see a flight and high-speed rail lines with few passengers to repay vast construction costs.

Source: Ian Traynor and Juliette Jowit, Guardian

As David Cameron flies in to do battle over the EU's seven-year €1tn budget deal, we attempt to separate myth from fact.

Source: Anne Eckstein, Europolitics

On the eve of the European Council of 22-23 November, focused on the multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2014-2020, environmental organisations warned that the existing budget proposals will not allow the transition to a green economy foreseen under the 'Europe 2020' strategy. This opportunity cannot be passed up, note the organisations, which point out that there are "many possibilities to spend available funds better and steer them to green sectors that create growth and jobs". As it stands, the "proposed budget reflects the special interests of each member state, not the interests of the EU as a whole," regret the NGOs.